LGBTQ Policy

Unclear: Non-Affirming

The score for church websites that do notclearly communicate non-affirming LGBTQ+ policies.

Unclear websites locate policies in peripheral sections of the website (e.g. sermons) OR are located in a denomination's website and are not directly linked from church website's primary pages.

Non-Affirming policies place restrictions on individuals based on their sexual orientation and/or gender identity (e.g. people who identify as Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex or Queer). A church may welcome LGBTQ+ people, but if it will not ordain, hire or marry LGBTQ+ people, their policy is non-affirming. If a church has non-egalitarian policy, that will be counted as non-affirming since it discriminates based on gender identity.

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Notes

This church's actively enforced policy is not located on its website's primary pages, but in its denomination's website. The website states the church's denomination but does not link directly to policy. It can also be found in the pastor's blog.

Women in Leadership Policy

Clear: Egalitarian

What does this score mean?

Clear: Egalitarian

The score for churches whose egalitarian policies are adequately reflected in the current leadership personnel as listed on their websites.

Clear: Egalitarian churches permit women to serve at all levels of leadership within a local church and have clear, adequate representation in leadership ranks. Adequate representation = at least one woman or non-binary person holds a pastor title or leadership team is at least 50% non-male; this information must be clearly presented on the website. The pastor title must be a title that is distinguishable from titles that women have in non-egalitarian churches.